NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets, missing seven players because of the NBA’s coronavirus protocols, have signed veteran guard Langston Galloway to a 10-day contract. The Nets have nine players listed as out on their injury report for their home game Thursday against Philadelphia, leaving them with the minimum eight required to start a
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that falls on the third Monday in January. Facts January 16, 2023 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King’s actual birthday was on January 15. Timeline April 8, 1968 – Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) introduces legislation for a federal holiday
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The Alden Global Capital hedge fund stepped up its efforts to buy Lee Enterprises this week by filing a lawsuit against the newspaper publisher accusing Lee’s board of improperly denying shareholders the chance to have a say on its takeover offer. Lee rejected Alden’s offer to buy the company
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN With coronavirus cases surging once again, frustrated Americans are struggling to get tested days before Christmas as long lines and increased demand overwhelm some facilities across the country. The catalyst has been the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, which has become the dominant strain in the US in a
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations are rising once again, prompting a new wave of cancellations and disruptions as the country prepares for another pandemic holiday season. With the US averaging 118,717 new Covid-19 cases each day — 40% higher than a month ago, per Johns Hopkins University data — some colleges and
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is scrambling to procure more vaccines to fuel what the new health minister calls a “very offensive” and fast booster strategy that would leave the country better prepared for the onslaught of the new omicron variant. Germany on Wednesday administered nearly 1.5 million shots, its highest
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is scrambling to procure more vaccines to fuel what the new health minister calls a “very offensive” and fast booster strategy that would leave the country better prepared for the onslaught of the new omicron variant. Germany on Wednesday administered nearly 1.5 million shots, its highest
Continue ReadingREDDING, Calif. (AP) — A section of a major interstate highway in Northern California has reopened after a nearly 24-hour closure caused by blizzard conditions as the latest of back-to-back storms pushed through. The California Department of Transportation says traffic resumed moving around 1 p.m. Thursday on a stretch of Interstate 5 north of the
Continue ReadingREDDING, Calif. (AP) — A section of a major interstate highway in Northern California has reopened after a nearly 24-hour closure caused by blizzard conditions as the latest of back-to-back storms pushed through. The California Department of Transportation says traffic resumed moving around 1 p.m. Thursday on a stretch of Interstate 5 north of the
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Survivors of a tornado that leveled a Kentucky candle factory have filed a lawsuit against their employer. They claim Mayfield Consumer Products demonstrated “flagrant indifference” by refusing to allow employees to go home early. The suit was filed in state court. It seeks compensatory and punitive
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Survivors of a tornado that leveled a Kentucky candle factory have filed a lawsuit against their employer. They claim Mayfield Consumer Products demonstrated “flagrant indifference” by refusing to allow employees to go home early. The suit was filed in state court. It seeks compensatory and punitive
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The government of Cyprus expects tourism to start fully rebounding in 2022 after arrivals this year increased a healthy 175% over a dismal 2020. The deputy Minister of tourism said the Mediterranean island nation recorded around 1.7 million traveler arrivals between January and October, 54% fewer than in a record-setting 2019.
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The government of Cyprus expects tourism to start fully rebounding in 2022 after arrivals this year increased a healthy 175% over a dismal 2020. The deputy Minister of tourism said the Mediterranean island nation recorded around 1.7 million traveler arrivals between January and October, 54% fewer than in a record-setting 2019.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La reina Isabel II canceló un almuerzo familiar antes de Navidad como medida de precaución debido a un aumento en los casos de covid-19 en el Reino Unido, dijo una fuente del Palacio de Buckingham a CNN este jueves. Según la fuente, la decisión es de precaución ya que se
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says players Gareth Bale, Marco Asensio, Rodrygo, Andriy Lunin and an assistant coach have joined its group infected by a coronavirus outbreak. The club’s announcement came a day after it said Luka Modric and Marcelo tested positive. The assistant coach infected is Davide Ancelotti, son of head coach Carlo Ancelotti.
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden wants the American people to know that the first family is there for them. On a day when she and her husband visited two states that experienced vastly different, but nonetheless stunning, tragedies, the first lady told CNN in an exclusive interview that the Bidens want
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of George Tenet, former director of the CIA. Personal Birth date: January 5, 1953 Birth place: Flushing, NY Birth name: George John Tenet Father: John Tenet, restaurant owner Mother: Evangelia Tenet Marriage: A. Stephanie Glakas-Tenet Children: John Michael Education: Georgetown University, B.S.F.S., 1976; Columbia University,
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Si la política aún girara en torno a la verdad y los hechos, esta sería la semana en la que los cimientos basados en mentiras del movimiento de Donald Trump implosionaran, destruyendo su aparente sueño de volver al poder tras las elecciones de 2024. Pero la mayor y más subversiva victoria
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Los CEO de dos de las principales aerolíneas de Estados Unidos dicen que no creen que el uso de mascarillas en los aviones ayude mucho a limitar la exposición al covid-19. Los comentarios del CEO de American Airlines, Doug Parker -la mayor aerolínea del país- y del
Continue ReadingBy Sara Spary, CNN An album of recorded birdsong has managed to beat Christmas classics from Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé to make it into the top five of Australia’s music charts, also leapfrogging ABBA and Justin Bieber. “Songs of Disappearance,” which features the call of 53 of Australia’s most threatened bird species, has soared
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